/*
 * File    : DiskManager.java
 * Created : 22-Mar-2004
 * By      : parg
 * 
 * Azureus - a Java Bittorrent client
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details ( see the LICENSE file ).
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
 */

package org.gudy.azureus2.plugins.disk;

import org.gudy.azureus2.plugins.utils.PooledByteBuffer;

/**
 * @author parg
 * 
 */

public interface DiskManager {
    public static final int BLOCK_SIZE = 16384;

    public DiskManagerReadRequest read(int piece_number, int offset, int length, DiskManagerReadRequestListener listener)

    throws DiskManagerException;

    /**
     * Data length has to be consistent with block layout of the piece and piece size
     * 
     * @param piece_number
     * @param offset
     * @param data
     * @param listener
     * @return
     * @throws DiskManagerException
     */

    public DiskManagerWriteRequest write(int piece_number, int offset, PooledByteBuffer data, DiskManagerWriteRequestListener listener)

    throws DiskManagerException;
}
